/internal/media/dispatcher/929630/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDragons Climbing Mount Fuji (Fuji koshi no tatsu) and Snakes Disturbed by a Blind Man (Mekura ni komaru mi), from the series Comical Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Dôke jûnishi)about 1841 (Tenpô 12)Utagawa KuniyoshiEdoya MatsugorōTwo vertical chūban designs on uncut horizontal ōban sheet; 35.4 x 23.9 cm (13 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.165690Both jokes refer to proverbial expressons. Storm clouds around the slopes of Mount Fuji were called "dragons climbing the mountain." A blind man is not afraid of snakes, since he cannot see them. Kuniyoshi illustrates both expressions literally.Prints35.400000000020724301